04 March 2023

Important Catholic Scientists of the Past

Science and Faith are NOT incompatible as I've often pointed out. E.g., every time you use the word 'volt', you speak of Allesandro Volta, a Catholic.

From the Society of Catholic Scientists

About these biographies

In preparing this curated set of biographies, we have striven to satisfy five criteria:

  1. to include only scientists for whom we have found clear and reliable evidence that they were believing and practicing Catholics.
  2. to include only scientists who made important contributions or breakthroughs;
  3. to explain in a broadly accessible and scientifically accurate way what makes each of these scientists important in the history of science, and where possible give some biographical details that reflect their faith;
  4. to make the biographies brief, readable, and concise (they average about 300 words);
  5. to make the biographies historically accurate and balanced.

It is our hope that these biographies will be useful to teachers, students, and the general public.

--- Stephen M. Barr and Andrew Kassebaum

Some useful resources for further study

Further information about these scientists can be found in many reference works. Some useful resources are

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  1. AMalek4 March 2023 at 13:38

    Another interesting analysis might be priest-scientists.

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